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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

PERU | Wednesday, 9 January 2013 | Views [495] | View Larger Image

At 4215 meters, Dead Woman’s Pass is the highest point on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Trekkers reach Dead Woman’s Pass on the second day of the trek, at the end of a steep ascent.

The Chaskis (porters) carry provisions and tents for trekkers on the Inca Trail to the lost city of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes. The small stature of these men belies their strength – they carry loads of over 30kg and climb nimbly up and down the mountain sides at high altitude. They are the descendants of highly trained runners (also called Chaskis) who used the extensive network of roads built by the Inca to deliver messages throughout the vast empire

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Sayacmarka was a small settlement originally built by the Colla (enemies of the Inca) and later improved by the Inca. It was strategically placed in terms of security but the absence of agricultural terraces limited the population that the town could support.

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